2015 Texas Bowl

2015 AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl
LSU's win was vacated by the NCAA in 2023.
LSU Tigers Texas Tech Red Raiders (8–3) (7–5) SEC Big 12 56 27 Head coach:  Les Miles Head coach:  Kliff Kingsbury AP Coaches CFP 22 21 20
1 2 3 4 Total LSU 14 7 21 14 56 Texas Tech 6 7 7 7 27
Date	December 29, 2015
Season	2015
Stadium	NRG Stadium
Location	Houston, Texas
MVP	LSU RB Leonard Fournette
Favorite	LSU by 7 [1]
National anthem	Cody Johnson [2]
Referee	Land Clark (Pac-12) [3]
Attendance	71,307 [3]
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN/ESPN Radio
Announcers	Joe Tessitore, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack, & Maria Taylor (ESPN) Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, & Shannon Spake (ESPN Radio)
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The 2015 Texas Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 29, 2015, at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concludes the 2015 FBS football season. The tenth edition of the Texas Bowl, it featured the LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference against the Texas Tech Red Raiders of the Big 12 Conference. The game began at 8:00 p.m. CST and was aired on ESPN. Sponsored by the AdvoCare nutrition and sports performance company, it was officially known as the AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl.

In 2023, this win was vacated due to an ineligible starter for LSU. ^[4]

Teams

LSU Tigers

See also: 2015 LSU Tigers football team

Texas Tech Red Raiders

See also: 2015 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP LSU TTU 1 11:47 6 66 1:58 LSU Leonard Fournette 2-yard touchdown run, Trent Domingue kick good 7 0 1 0:53 9 90 4:23 TTU Jakeem Grant 46-yard touchdown reception from Patrick Mahomes II, 2-point pass incomplete 7 6 1 0:29 1 79 0:24 LSU D. J. Chark 79-yard touchdown run, Trent Domingue kick good 14 6 2 6:41 2 42 1:16 LSU Leonard Fournette 44-yard touchdown reception from Brandon Harris, Trent Domingue kick good 21 6 2 3:38 9 90 3:03 TTU Jakeem Grant 3-yard touchdown reception from Patrick Mahomes II, Clayton Hatfield kick good 21 13 3 10:28 3 31 0:19 TTU Reginald Davis III 31-yard touchdown reception from Patrick Mahomes II, Clayton Hatfield kick good 21 20 3 8:17 4 75 2:11 LSU Leonard Fournette 43-yard touchdown run, Trent Domingue kick good 28 20 3 4:07 4 78 1:13 LSU Leonard Fournette 4-yard touchdown run, Trent Domingue kick good 35 20 3 0:09 4 64 1:54 LSU Brandon Harris 26-yard touchdown run, Trent Domingue kick good 42 20 4 12:20 8 61 2:49 TTU Jakeem Grant 4-yard touchdown reception from Patrick Mahomes II, Clayton Hatfield kick good 42 27 4 8:16 9 65 4:04 LSU Leonard Fournette 2-yard touchdown run, Trent Domingue kick good 49 27 4 4:24 6 65 3:20 LSU Darrel Williams 2-yard touchdown run, Trent Domingue kick good 56 27 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 56† 27

Source: ^[3]
† LSU's victory was vacated in 2023.

Statistics

Statistics [3]	LSU	TTU
First downs	23	22
Total offense, plays – yards	62–638	82–399
Rushes-yards (net)	40–384	26–29
Passing yards (net)	254	370
Passes, Comp-Att-Int	13–22–1	28–56–1
Time of Possession	30:14	29:46

References

1. Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2015
2. SportsRadio 610 [@SportsRadio610] (December 30, 2015). "The National Anthem from @CodyJohnsonBand #TexasBowl10 @Brettdolan24 @PayneNFL @MikeMeltser" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
3. "2015 Texas Bowl: LSU vs. Texas Tech Stats". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
4. Mandel, Stewart. "Vacated LSU wins leave Les Miles out of CFB Hall of Fame consideration". The Athletic. Retrieved June 22, 2023.

External links

• Game summary at ESPN